For a long time, most intellectuals saw him as a spokesman for capitalism and for making money and getting ahead, a view of America many have had. |
He certainly is a multiplicity of persona, so one never knows which one is the real Franklin. |
I think reconstructing his library would be fantastic. That would be a real contribution to scholarship. |
The country was really at a crisis point in 1798. Lance gave us the context, made the struggle comprehensible. |